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On the recordApril 30, 2006
So many of them have back home taken a position that it's not only, no, but heck no. We won't do anything that isn't border security.
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Jim Kolbe
Arizona

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Kolbe highlights the strong opposition among Republicans to any immigration reform that does not prioritize border security.

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